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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection

FIFTEEN-TIME WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR YEAR'S BEST ANTHOLOGY

The thirty-three stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are works by masters of the form and by bright new talents, including: Nina Allan, Eleanor Arnason, Kage Baker, Stephen Baxter, Chris Beckett, Aliette de Bodard, Damien Broderick, Pat Cadigan, Brenda Cooper, Cory Doctorow, Joe Haldeman, Jim Hawkins, Alexander Jablokov, Ted Kosmatka, Jay Lake, Geoffrey A. Landis, Yoon Ha Lee, Ian R. MacLeod, David Moles, Naomi Novik, Steven Popkes, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Ken Scholes, Allen M. Steele, Michael Swanwick, Rachel Swirsky, Lavi Tidhar, Carrie Vaughn, Peter Watts, and Tad Williams.

Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

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Contents

xiii • Summation: 2010 • (2011) • essay by Gardner Dozois

1 • A History of Terraforming • (2010) • novella by Robert Reed

39 • The Spontaneous Knotting of an Agitated String • (2010) • shortstory by Lavie Tidhar

43 • The Emperor of Mars • [Near Space] • (2010) • shortstory by Allen Steele [as by Allen M. Steele ]

58 • The Things • (2010) • shortstory by Peter Watts

72 • The Sultan of the Clouds • (2010) • novella by Geoffrey A. Landis

108 • The Books • (2010) • shortstory by Kage Baker

119 • Re-Crossing the Styx • (2010) • shortstory by Ian R. MacLeod (aka Recrossing the Styx)

132 • And Ministers of Grace • (2010) • novelette by Tad Williams

154 • Mammoths of the Great Plains • (2010) • novella by Eleanor Arnason

191 • Sleeping Dogs • (2010) • shortstory by Joe Haldeman

204 • Jackie's Boy • (2010) • novella by Steven Popkes (aka Jackie's-Boy)

246 • Flying in the Face of God • (2010) • shortstory by Nina Allan

262 • Chicken Little • (2010) • novella by Cory Doctorow

298 • Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain • (2010) • shortstory by Yoon Ha Lee

304 • Return to Titan • (2010) • novella by Stephen Baxter

354 • Under the Moons of Venus • (2010) • shortstory by Damien Broderick

370 • Seven Years from Home • (2010) • novelette by Naomi Novik

392 • The Peacock Cloak • (2010) • shortstory by Chris Beckett

405 • Amaryllis • (2010) • shortstory by Carrie Vaughn

416 • Seven Cities of Gold • (2010) • novella by David Moles

452 • Again and Again and Again • (2010) • shortstory by Rachel Swirsky

455 • Elegy for a Young Elk • (2010) • shortstory by Hannu Rajaniemi

468 • Libertarian Russia • (2010) • shortstory by Michael Swanwick

477 • The Night Train • (2010) • shortstory by Lavie Tidhar

488 • My Father's Singularity • (2010) • shortstory by Brenda Cooper

493 • The Starship Mechanic • (2010) • shortstory by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes

499 • Sleepover • (2010) • novelette by Alastair Reynolds

531 • The Taste of Night • (2010) • shortstory by Pat Cadigan

541 • Blind Cat Dance • (2010) • novelette by Alexander Jablokov

563 • The Shipmaker • [Universe of Xuya] • (2010) • shortstory by Aliette de Bodard

574 • In-Fall • (2010) • shortstory by Ted Kosmatka

582 • Chimbwi • (2010) • shortstory by Jim Hawkins

599 • Dead Man's Run • (2010) • novella by Robert Reed

653 • Honorable Mentions: 2010 • (2011) • essay by Gardner Dozois

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 662
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-312-56950-1
  • EAN
  • 9780312569501
  • Settings
  • Titan
  • Genres
  • anthologies, fiction, collections, unfinished
  • Release date
  • 2011